Wednesday, May 9, 2012

FINAL Day of Addison Moore Week! SURPRISE *GAGE POV* Exclusive

*Wipes Eyes* I'm So SAD and So Happy ....

SO HAPPY that today I get to bring you an EXCLUSIVE Gage POV *dances* It's awesome

SO SAD that today is the last day of this AMAZING week with Addison!!

So Thank you so much to all of you! Also HUGE thanks to Addison for letting me kidnap her and her characters for the week....I'm stalkerish when I get going on a project and she rolled with it :) Now enough from me.... here is GAGE!!!!

*My Gage*

(Chapter 2 of ETHEREAL from Gage’s POV)

Gage

I catch Logan over by the register counting change or lack thereof. Poor guy will be completely grey before his twentieth birthday. All he thinks about is turning a profit. Really I know he’s trying to hang onto the last bit of his parents he has left—and that incarnation just so happens to be this bowling alley.

Brielle comes in with her hair pulled back, energized like she just stepped out of a light socket. She speeds in this direction with a girl about our age, face of angel, body to match, so of course I drop the mop and head on over. They try taking a seat but Logan intercepts.

“Bree,” he says, but it’s her friend he’s interested in. Any new female on the island has a Logan shaped target on her forehead until he tags and bags her—then again, he’s never slept with anyone but Chloe, and God knows that turned into a nightmare.

I shoulder up to him and devour the new girl with my eyes—forget to breathe or move in the process.

She’s wearing shorts that show off her golden tan legs that stretch out forever. Her hair falls in waves, long over her back.

It’s her.

The room warps. Everything turns into a muddy spiral with the exception of the vision standing before me. I know that beautiful face, those prism-like eyes. She’s haunted my dreams for years, supplied my waking hours with nonstop fantasies, and now she’s standing in front of me as if she had always been here.

“Guys, this is Skyla,” Brielle bounces. “She’s moving into Chloe’s old house. Skyla, these are the knuckleheads I work with, Logan and Gage.”

Chloe’s house—just hearing that, pulls the pin on a grenade I’ve been lugging around in my gut.

Skyla.

My insides erupt like a furnace. Being near her kick-starts a serious rush of adrenaline, and my hands begin to shake.

Love her name. I love the way she rest her hand on her hip, the way a smile plays on her lips as if she’s too shy to give it. There’s a softness in her spirit, a meekness that draws me in.

I’ve counted weeks, days, hours, without any idea if she even existed—with the very real possibility it were all some hallucination my mind had conjured up in an effort to torture me, and yet she’s real—so damn freaking beautiful—and most certainly not noticing me.

She’s looking at Logan—probably wondering why he’s smiling like some deranged lunatic. I’d better step in before he wrecks everything—before she decides it’s better to steer clear of the bowling alley and the Olivers in general for her own personal safety.

“Skyla?” I put my hand out, and she takes it, soft and fragile. I close my eyes a moment as her flesh warms to mine. “Gage Oliver.” My heart pounds so loud I’m sure she can hear it. Not even the sound of the bowling balls thundering towards their destination can drown it out.

Maybe I should lean in and kiss her on the cheek or something? I shake the thought away. What the hell kind of idiot kisses someone they just met? This is going to end with a slap in the face or a restraining order if I don’t maintain.

That answers my question. Logan is just the right kind of idiot—a real knight in shinning armor. I’m sure he’ll be throwing rocks at her window later for the midnight serenade.

I glare over at him.

He’s hypnotizing her with his pretty boy magic, flashing his teeth, broadening his chest—forgetting to exhale like he’s giving some primal demonstration of his athletically advanced DNA.

Skyla gives a less than amused smile. Hopefully she’s categorizing him in the dope with no hope division.

“Logan Oliver,” his voice dips low.

Brielle and I exchange looks at the desperation of it all.

“Oh, so you’re brothers?” She turns her body into him. It looks seductive, like some erotic autonomic response, and an alarm goes off in me.

Logan is taking over. She’s buying into him hook, line, and sinker.

“Cousins,” he corrects as if he’s trying to distance our blood relations. “I live with them.” He lays his other hand over hers like some bizarre display of benevolence.

I’m sure he’s plowing through her thoughts, spinning through them like a Rolodex trying to decipher how she feels about him—see if there’s anything he can use against her in the name of sealing the deal.

“My parents are both deceased,” he adds.

And he goes there.

I cut him a dirty look.

It sounds like he blurted it out but still. Knowing Logan, there’s an underlying strategy involved.

Skyla shrinks a little as she takes in this odd admission. She pulls nervously at a long strand of hair, looking perfectly freaked out.

I glance back at Logan.

Nice work, Romeo. Boys with dead parents are a no-fly zone for most girls. Emotional trauma isn’t usually high up on the must have list of attributes.

“Oh, I’m sorry.” Her eyes round out in horror.

Unless, she happens to be the exception.

Her hips sway into him, and she gives a look that suggests she might be willing to comfort him physically.

“My dad died, too.” Her voice softens to nothing as she glances to her feet.

I hope Logan feels like crap for digging in the graveyard for sympathy. Now look—she’s visibly upset.

Everything in me wants to comfort her. The fresh look of hurt in her eyes lets you know it wasn’t long ago, that it stings like hell to think about. I want to tell her it’s going to be OK, but I know better. OK is a futile word especially when it’s nothing but a lie. Things like this never turn out OK.

Logan surrenders her hand like returning a stolen treasure.

I hope he heard how lousy she thinks he is for spotlighting her biggest loss.

“Sorry,” he offers. It comes out genuine with his own built in sadness filling in the cracks of her grief.

Logan motions them over to a nearby table, and I secure the seat in front of the girl from my dreams. No use in letting Logan lead her any further down the wrong path, i.e. himself.

He gives a dissatisfied look in my direction.

It’s on, and he’s pissed.

I blink a smile into him. I’ll gladly go toe to toe with Logan in this arena. This isn’t Michelle, or Lexy, or just any other girl on the planet. If he thinks I’m getting out of his way because he says so, he’s delusional.

All those dreams and visions mean something—the one in the courthouse—Skyla looking up, waiting for a kiss—it was me she wanted it from—it had to be.

“So you’re a junior?” I touch my knuckles to the table like a nervous habit.

“Yup.” She bites into her lip—her perfect pout mesmerizes me. “And you guys?”

“We’re all juniors!” Brielle rattles her to attention.

If Logan and his eulogy didn’t run her off, Brielle and her manic enthusiasm—over school of all things, just might do the trick.

She stares into Bree with great intensity.

Thought so.

“So tell me about Chloe,” Skyla says it casual with a dark undertone that pricks my hairs on end.

The table goes quiet.

Nobody knew Chloe like I did. I’d venture to say that even Logan with his sexual conquest of the dearly departed knew her far less.

A part of me wants to tell her about Chloe, about the hype and paranoia that surrounds her, but no good could ever come of it. The last thing I want is to spook her—send her into Logan’s arms permanently and ruin things.

I’m keeping my mouth shut that’s for damn sure.

For a minute I consider taking her someplace private so we can be alone like Devil’s Peak or Rockaway. I want to tell her that I’m already in so deep, that I’m dying to know her, feel her, taste her.

I bear into Skyla with a penetrative stare—drink her down like holy water, take in her beauty, the light she radiates without even trying, but she doesn’t glance back. She’s too lost in Logan to even notice.

I doubt those visions will ever come true if she gives her heart away to someone else.

I know one thing for sure—I’ll fulfill a commitment I made long ago to find a place for myself in her life. I’ll rearrange the universe to make this happen. Logan doesn’t stand a chance.

She bats her lashes into him dazzled and doe-eyed, drop-kicks my heart in the process—a field goal for the other team.

This is going to be tougher than I ever imagined.

*Sigh* yeah I love that boy!!

Ok HUGE GIVEAWAY!!! Now one Comment will win the WHOLE Series on e-book!! If you own it already Spread the love and gift it to someone who doesn't have it! #ClestraSeriesRocks

I am completely in LOVE....I just can't decide who I love more, Gage or Logan! I am beyond ecstatic to hear that Logan has only ever been with Chloe (GAG!!). I guess I just sorta thought of him as a "man whore" after hearing some of Gage's comments! So I definitely love him more now! Some of my dislike for Gage (after Expel) has disappated as well! It warms my heart to know he actually did/does care about Skyla! Now just to decide whose team to join.......decisions, decisions!

I knew u guys saved the best for last ;) #TeamGage I am soo in love with Gage, I knew he had his on agenda n I don't care that he did it the bad way either :) This just makes me love him even more (as if that was possible) new I was a Gage girl from the beginning!!! ;D

i love logan always have from the beginning..but there is sumthing about gage that i like 2! i cant wait 2 find out what gage knows about chloe...maybe he is just helping chloe so she can help him get skyla in the end oh its fun 2 guess....any way liked reading the POV from logan and gage its brilliant! thank you so much!

Ok,ok... So Gage might have some redeeming qualities! Well, in the beginning anyway! That's where everyone fell for him so hard (including my daughter)! Not that Gage was bad at all, as a matter of fact, that was my problem with him... To DAMN perfect! Scared the crap outta me! Now seeing his POV has got me really curious. Wth happened Gage? Now hearing his story is all that more important! I feel like the grinch now and my heart grew two sizes! *Sighs* I'm humble enough to admit when I am wrong. So go ahead and prove me wrong Gage... Show us you really are the perfect gentlemen that is so thoughtful you really could get yourself into a predicament that would make it hard for you to hurt or wrong anyone(including Chloe, yuck!).

lol! He might. ;) I too question perfection in this fallen world. It can't exists, can it? I bet Gage is as wicked as the rest of us. Or not... BTW, I love that your heart grew two sizes. That's one of my favorite movies/stories.

Love it!!! Make you wanna just kick Logan in the balls lol.. You never know what's going to happen in the books that's why I love them everyone of then is something different :) can't wait for the next one..

Yaaay dances around around like an idiot godnness i just love gage.. still always have hope for skyla n gage ... thank u soo much for all the extra work u do to keep me and the fans happy :] you rock addison :] thank u

I think I'm going to cry because this is the end of the best week of extra-curricular reading ever! I want more! Addison..You. Are. A. Freakin. Genius! I can't wait for the rest of the series and hopefully the boys POV. Thanks to you and Supa Gurl for an awesome week!

This is awesome! Thank you for this give away & Addison your an amazing author I love the Clestra Series & would like to finish reading them. I love all the characters instead of Chole she's just a pain. Thanks for the give away once again.

I absolutely love this series!! Addison did such an amazing job with writing the characters in a way that they each appeal to people in different manors. Wether your team Logan, Gage, or Marshall you found your own way to fall in love with that character!! Can't wait for the next book!!

Oh, thank you so much for saying so! Oddly enough, in my heart I really do love all three. So in a way the writer in me roots for each one as I write them. The again, the writer in me also knows the end and it's so close. The end colors everything.

OMG!! I was sooo mad at Gage at the end of expel and now I dont know what to think... This changes my view on Gage and I want to be team Gage again so bad! mmhmm Ian Somerhalder yum! This whole weeks post's has been awesome! thanks for doing this, getting both Logan and Gages's pov has been mind blowing!

Thank you all! I have had a blast this week!! Will def. be having more MOORE!! hahaha She Rocks Socks :) Have a Sekrit Project in the works.... It was hinted at on one of the days.... hmmm wonder if you can all figure it out!

I'll be happy to hijack your blog CELESTRA style anytime! TY for being your awesome self!!!!! BTW, you know I think you're a genius. And also, you're a little tougher than my editor with deadlines. *don't tell Sarah* In fact I might be more productive with you in charge. ;)

IM STILL TEAM LOGAN!! Its so hard to stay team Logan but after Gage did that to Skyla I just cant even trust him right now thats why the next book needs to come out like now so I can just make a decision already!! God im soo torn I love Logan but man I love Gage too im sooooo glad im not Skyla lol!!

I knew I had to come back here when I was typing a report for work and put "Gage" instead of "gauge." I am so not kidding. Yeah, let me explain that one to my supervisor!

I'm going to stay Team Gage as I always was up until the end of Expel. There is just something there, and I can't dislike him for very long. I love, love, love Logan and don't want him to get hurt, but I'm going to stick with my original gut feeling and stay Team Gage. However, I won't be throwing my Nook across the room if she ends up with Logan either. ;)

Amy, that is hysterical. Its almost like he was calling you. As for the throwing of the Nook ack! I'd hate to be responsible for damaging anybodies anything. I know the end, and in my heart I hope people will accept it but I'll be honest, winnowing down three to one is rather gut wrenching. Also, there was a bit of deception in that last sentence. ;) *SO cannot wait to share the end*

Not sure if you will be coming back by and will see this, but just in case I have to ask if you meant deception in MY last sentence or deception in GAGE's last sentence above in his POV. Sorry, I'm not at my brightest right now, lol!

And my Nook is safe because I'm Team Gage but you made me love Logan as well, and he wouldn't be hard to accept once I got the mourning for Gage out of my system. Oh man, this will be bittersweet when it ends!

I was hoping Gage's point of view would help me to understand his connection to Chloe. Like yes her is the girl I am suppose to F... with to help my true love Chloe but no. Instead makes me think he was sincere about Skyla and now I don't know what to think. Guess doesn't matter since I am all for Marshall, though don't want to think of Gage as evil like Chloe.

I totally love these books I read the first 5 in one weekend they are so great that I could put them down!! You have really done I great job Addison!! I'm think I'm still team Gage. I'm really upset with him from the last book but we will see what happens when book 7 comes out!! I can't wait. cndwilde@gmail.com

Addison's writing is pure GENIUS. I would LOVE to share this with a wonderful FRIEND... Hoping that HER next series sucks me in just like this one did. KNOWING Addison, it will. Thanks for taking the time to do this, it's been fun!

hey firstly i havew noticed on facebook and all other sights you are amazing at writing back to your faans i think that is amazing commitment and speaks volumes of your dedication everything. i have just got back from travelling round the world normally dont read books to your genre but was so pleased that i read everyone within months and gave me a little escape into a beautiful story and thats great. i hoped bieng away would help with my writing ( i aspire to be an author too) and to my dismay didnt find the inspiration i was looking for but wish one day i can write and give people the feeling your book gave me.

anyway I am so intrigued how its all going to end as there are many ends to tie up and if you follow suit you will tie them up perfectly. thankyou for writing such a wonderful book x

Hi Martha! I'm so glad you gave a new genre a chance! I'm thrilled to hear you're interested in writing. And what an amazing treat to have seen the world!!! I'm so envious of that. I've definitely received some of my inspiration from travel. In fact I went to the Space Needle once and the idea to write about one of those islands was born! But sometimes the best inspiration I get is from music. I love to listen while I'm on the treadmill or doing dishes and different songs can inspire the craziest thoughts in my head. I hope that helps you, too! Thank you for reading~!

What a great series! Thankyou so much for letting us be apart of it. I still can't get over how fast you get the books out. That is beyond awesome!! I am constantly inspired by what I read and music and my children. I would love to write but I wouldn't know where to start to get my thoughts together on paper. But something to think about for the future. You are inspirational!!

Thank you! I hope you do give writing a chance. I think the important part is to have fun and do it for yourself first, that way you'll have fun in the process. Always ask yourself the question, would I read this? And if yes then keep going. :)

I am so in love with gage! I'm 30 years old and married but have dreams about this kid! I'm having withdrawals now that I'm done with the books! If there is going to be a tv series I Wanna play skyla so I can have gage! After expel I seriously walked around Depressed but after reading this how could it be just a plan of chloes! No way! Gage loves me! I mean skyla!! Lol

I am so in love with gage! I'm 30 years old and married but have dreams about this kid! I'm having withdrawals now that I'm done with the books! If there is going to be a tv series I Wanna play skyla so I can have gage! After expel I seriously walked around Depressed but after reading this how could it be just a plan of chloes! No way! Gage loves me! I mean skyla!! Lol

I am so in love with gage! I'm 30 years old and married but have dreams about this kid! I'm having withdrawals now that I'm done with the books! If there is going to be a tv series I Wanna play skyla so I can have gage! After expel I seriously walked around Depressed but after reading this how could it be just a plan of chloes! No way! Gage loves me! I mean skyla!! Lol